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senate republicans block the president's toys to run the pentagon. ♪ >> chris: as g.o.p. senators demand more answers about the benghazi terror attacks, the white house charges they are playing politics with national security. we'll talk with the man leading the call for more information. senator lindsey graham. then, his tea party response to the state of the union speech, critical of both the president and the g.o.p. we'll ask senator rand paul who he thinks of the obama agenda as well as republican policy. also, it is less than two weeks until big automatic spending cuts kick in. we'll ask our sunday panel whether congress will reach a deal, before the sequester deadline and, our power player of the week, helps the senate make history, by keeping track of history. all, right now on fox news sunday. and hello again from fox news in washington. republicans made history this week blocking a nominee for defense secretary for the first time ever. they are demanding more information about the nominee, former senator chuck hagel, and about the benghazi terror attack. joining
senate republicans block the president's toys to run the pentagon. ♪ >> chris: as g.o.p. senators demand more answers about the benghazi terror attacks, the white house charges they are playing politics with national security. we'll talk with the man leading the call for more information. senator lindsey graham. then, his tea party response to the state of the union speech, critical of both the president and the g.o.p. we'll ask senator rand paul who he thinks of the obama agenda as...
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. >>> the pentagon today passed a plan to furlough 8,000 workers if the cuts take effect. it's shameful. and the president is fighting that. today, he gave interviews to 8 different tv shows around the country, demand gd the gop stop these spending cuts, and, instead, close loopholes for the rich. >> instead of us cutting education, mental health programs and a whole range of other things that are really important, we should be focused on programs that we know don't work, waste in government and some of these tax holes that, frankly, only benefit the well-off and the well connected. now i only need congress to act and they've got 9 days to do it. >> the president is fighting to stop these cuts. but as we said last night, if they do happen, you'll know who to thank. if your child loses the head start program, thank the republicans. if you have to pay more for your milk because of the food inspectors, thank the republicans. and if you're one of the hundreds of thousands of people who lose their jobs, remember to thank the republicans. joining me now is joy reed and jared sps
. >>> the pentagon today passed a plan to furlough 8,000 workers if the cuts take effect. it's shameful. and the president is fighting that. today, he gave interviews to 8 different tv shows around the country, demand gd the gop stop these spending cuts, and, instead, close loopholes for the rich. >> instead of us cutting education, mental health programs and a whole range of other things that are really important, we should be focused on programs that we know don't work, waste...
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assume that he gets confirmed, he has to be a tough -- a tough guy at the pentagon. he is going to be tough with congress. he has to deal with the potential of the sequester, fighting for the budget that he does get, dealing with all of the problems that come at you when you are in charge of the pentagon and the generals and the other members of the joint chiefs are going to feel they can run over him. >> we'll see about that. i assume that every general with any number of stars was watching intently yesterday, and might have had that thought in mind. you said another important word, which is sequester. it's going to be a huge mess over there trying to, first, anticipate this, and then deal with whatever the new reality is. i do think that it was ugly yesterday. it was ugly on both sides. the white house wasn't so much from what i heard defending his performance as saying that those mean republicans also performed in an ugly and bad and not very attractive way. i don't think anybody looked particularly good in that showdown. i also think it's very clear that this is,
assume that he gets confirmed, he has to be a tough -- a tough guy at the pentagon. he is going to be tough with congress. he has to deal with the potential of the sequester, fighting for the budget that he does get, dealing with all of the problems that come at you when you are in charge of the pentagon and the generals and the other members of the joint chiefs are going to feel they can run over him. >> we'll see about that. i assume that every general with any number of stars was...
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>> you would have to talk to somebody other than the pentagon. we don't talk to those operational matters because they don't involve us. yes. >> they don't involve us. you have to talk to somebody -- not here. i refer your questions to other people. i think he is talking about the cia. let's check with the cia then to see how the cia handles these questions at their daily press briefs. all right. they don't do that. and so that's where questions about this policy go to die. this week in addition to the chuck hagel defense secretary nomination, the senate is expected to advance president obama's nominee to head the cia, john brennan. senator john mccain is proposing holding up the nomination of john brennan because, well, john mccain. but even in the midst of that conflict, there is an interesting confluence of opinion right now that something major should be changed in mr. brennan's field of expertise. mr. brennan broached the subject in a "washington post" profile that ran about him last october. the acting director of the cia from whom mr. bren
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mainstream media much less is being said about the pentagon's decision to double down on its cyber war workforce expanding from nine hundred to more than forty five hundred employees experts say the move is indicative of washington's evolving military strategy every commander. is going to be is the next major war will include is cyber component it will just be a traditional insurgency bob baer the central ground troops the next floor almost certainly will include a cyber component and the end of cyber war france could become foes by the click of a mouse and some say in a very short time relations between the u.s. and china over virtual espionage can resemble the law. long stalemate that took place at the soviet union during the cold war forty nine r.t. new york are talking about cyber war as you can have your say on what all these hacking scandals are all about just by heading over to you dot com we're still taking your vote on our world wide poll that's a see how your voting for this hour it all to you dot com and still serving the majority of our voters saying this is all about a p.r
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the pentagon also making changes to its policy on same-sex spouses. the military will extend some benefits to those couples. leon panetta has not made a final decision on which benefits will be included, possibly health and welfare programs. an announcement is expected in the next few days that will clear that up. >>> straight ahead, targeting u.s. terrorists. just how effective are those military drone strikes? general barry mccafferty is going to weigh in. a change for monopoly and some may call it the cat's meow. so i used my citi thankyou card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? and with all the points i've been earning, i was able to get us a flight to our favorite climbing spot even on a holiday weekend. ♪ things are definitely looking up. [ male announcer ] with no blackout dates, you can use your citi thankyou points to travel whenever you want. visit citi.com/thankyoucards to apply. to travel whenever you want. all stations come over to mithis is for real this time. step seven point t
the pentagon also making changes to its policy on same-sex spouses. the military will extend some benefits to those couples. leon panetta has not made a final decision on which benefits will be included, possibly health and welfare programs. an announcement is expected in the next few days that will clear that up. >>> straight ahead, targeting u.s. terrorists. just how effective are those military drone strikes? general barry mccafferty is going to weigh in. a change for monopoly and...
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started his political career, bill aier, asked one time about a guy part of a group that bombed the pentagon, new york city police headquarters and the capitol, but there's 4,000 articles about marco rubio taking a drink of water. tell me what's wrong with that. >> and you mentioned the univision story and you'd figure the spanish language network would be proud of the fact one of our own delivering the response to the president not only in english, but spanish. and there are good people that work, but, but the executive news level clearly a culture problem when an employee thinks they can go on facebook and call a u.s. senator, a slave and all the things she said. if these things were said, either chris mathews comments or anybody else's there would be charges of racism, indignation, outrage. why is it conservatives get attacked this way and nobody seems to care in the media. >> i'm sorry if the president had taken that much water. >> sean: one drink of water. >> or hillary had, certainly the clintons the right would be going crazy and then on top of it. if the democrats had given a respons
started his political career, bill aier, asked one time about a guy part of a group that bombed the pentagon, new york city police headquarters and the capitol, but there's 4,000 articles about marco rubio taking a drink of water. tell me what's wrong with that. >> and you mentioned the univision story and you'd figure the spanish language network would be proud of the fact one of our own delivering the response to the president not only in english, but spanish. and there are good people...
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. >>> the pentagon investigation cleared general allan of any misconduct of e-mails with jill kelley. those e-mails were revealed during the investigation that brought down general david petraeus. sources close to general allen say he is still not sure what he wants to do. >>> we will hear from the national rifle association as kyla campbell reports from our washington d.c. newsroom, they are taking a direct shot at president barack obama's state of the union address. >> reporter: president barack obama called on congress to vote on gun control proposals with gun violence victims right there in the audience. >> they deserve a vote. former congresswoman gabrielle giffords deserves a vote... [applauds] >> the families of newtown connecticut deserve a vote... [applauds] >> reporter: they will directly respond to president barack obama's state of union address and the nra said only one thing can prevent gun violence in school and that's increased security. the group released an ad saying they released statistics proving the president wrong. >> this memo says quote, an assault weapons ban
. >>> the pentagon investigation cleared general allan of any misconduct of e-mails with jill kelley. those e-mails were revealed during the investigation that brought down general david petraeus. sources close to general allen say he is still not sure what he wants to do. >>> we will hear from the national rifle association as kyla campbell reports from our washington d.c. newsroom, they are taking a direct shot at president barack obama's state of the union address. >>...
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that this sequester is -- because of its sort of blunder bust approach that it does not permit the pentagon to make intelligent choices about what is needed, so it is going to get to readiness. ready city council what we need. >> this is the absurdness of washington. >> the white house proposed the -- >> proposing to get agreement on this. now the new strategy is, yeah, but you can't let that sequester happen because the spending cuts would be so awful when, in fact, there are democrats like dick durbin who will be on the program sunday who have said he doesn't really have a problem with the amount of spending cuts in the pentagon. it's a matter of how you go about doing it. republicans i think also have some leverage here by saying, you know, if you really get us down to it, if have to swallow these spending cuts, we're going take them because that might be good. you got your revenues there. zoolt sequester, we don't like it, but before it on. >> there's a lot of pain. particularly if are you from virginia and you have military cuts coming down your way, this is tough. spending cuts are to
that this sequester is -- because of its sort of blunder bust approach that it does not permit the pentagon to make intelligent choices about what is needed, so it is going to get to readiness. ready city council what we need. >> this is the absurdness of washington. >> the white house proposed the -- >> proposing to get agreement on this. now the new strategy is, yeah, but you can't let that sequester happen because the spending cuts would be so awful when, in fact, there are...
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. >> nbc news pentagon krontd jim miklaszewski joins us live. we just got a note secretary kerry was informed just before 11:00 p.m. yesterday and he is also spoken with the chinese foreign minister wels japan foreign minister on this issue. what are we likely to hear and see next? >> reporter: the focus is on china. even though china may have joined in condemning the act, the proof is in the pudding. they will have to step up and actually join in enforcing stricter, tighter sanctions against north korea. all this time, while the international community particularly the u.s. has been ratcheting up those sanctions against north korea, china has continued to provide oil and other critical supplies to north korea ignoring the international sanctions. so it really falls on china at this point. if they're really serious and in any kind of condemnation against north korea for this nuclear test to step up and join in these international sanctions, tamron. >> you have mentioned in your prior reports today, mick, this was an eye opener for anyone who bel
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did he seem competent to run the pentagon? there were a lot of questions even among democrats after that hearing whether he's ready. >> i don't disagree with that. i think hagel had a really poor performance. what i'm saying is for these senators -- if you looked at what ted cruz was asking about, association with an israeli diplomat that basically 99.9% of the country has never heard of, what was the point of that? he ended up actually stepping on hagel's bad day by taking some of the spotlight away from him. >> let's go after some of the questioning, because i disagree with you and i agree with you. >> not surprised about that. >> what? >> i said i'm not surprised you agree. >> was that sarcasm? let's talk about lindsey graham. when you ask a guy who had already recanted his argument about the power of the israeli lobby, obviously enormously influential lobby like the nra, heavily funded, heavily activated, strong people with strong minds, everybody knows they're influential, that's why they're there. to say which senator do
did he seem competent to run the pentagon? there were a lot of questions even among democrats after that hearing whether he's ready. >> i don't disagree with that. i think hagel had a really poor performance. what i'm saying is for these senators -- if you looked at what ted cruz was asking about, association with an israeli diplomat that basically 99.9% of the country has never heard of, what was the point of that? he ended up actually stepping on hagel's bad day by taking some of the...
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produce, though, is any information or testimony that shows that hagel is unqualified or unfit to run the pentagon. this is a key point. members of the opposition party do not have to like the white house's cabinet picks. in fact,
produce, though, is any information or testimony that shows that hagel is unqualified or unfit to run the pentagon. this is a key point. members of the opposition party do not have to like the white house's cabinet picks. in fact,
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produce, though, is any information or testimony that shows that hagel is unqualified or unfit to run the pentagon. this is a key point. members of the opposition party do not have to like the white house's cabinet picks. in fact, they probably shouldn't. since most presidents are going to want like-minded people in their cabinets. so if you don't like a president's philosophy, you're probably not going to like the philosophy of his or her cabinet members. that is not a reason to kill a nomination. in the last century just three have been voted down. the charles warren, lewis strauss, john tower. there were extraordinary circumstances involved. tower, for instance, faced questions about serial womanizing and heavy drinking. he pledged not to touch the bottle while on the job but it was unreasonable to wonder if he was fit to run the military. there are no questions like that about hagel. he's just a nominee republicans do not like personally and do not agree with philosophically. he didn't exactly dazzle everybody at his confirmation hearing. but that is not grounds to derail a nomination. yet the
produce, though, is any information or testimony that shows that hagel is unqualified or unfit to run the pentagon. this is a key point. members of the opposition party do not have to like the white house's cabinet picks. in fact, they probably shouldn't. since most presidents are going to want like-minded people in their cabinets. so if you don't like a president's philosophy, you're probably not going to like the philosophy of his or her cabinet members. that is not a reason to kill a...
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i think the pentagon would be the place to go for that. i can say that the president believes and agrees with the speaker of the house that the sequester should not become fact. it was never meant to become immplementmented policy because in part, the cuts to our defense are too severe and it would affect our national security. but the specifics would have to be addressed at the pentagon. thanks, everybody. ok, i'll take you question. >> there are tens of thousands of people who are middle-class workers, who work in corporate aviation. my question is, including several tens of thousands in kansas, washington, oklahoma, they are very worried about the president's comments about eliminating the tax exemption. in their world, every time it has been eliminated there have been layoffs and there has been thousands in kansas. since the president stay started mentioning this, these are middle-class workers. what would you say to them? >> i would say that makinging budgets and choices about deficit reduction always involves difficult choices. if th
i think the pentagon would be the place to go for that. i can say that the president believes and agrees with the speaker of the house that the sequester should not become fact. it was never meant to become immplementmented policy because in part, the cuts to our defense are too severe and it would affect our national security. but the specifics would have to be addressed at the pentagon. thanks, everybody. ok, i'll take you question. >> there are tens of thousands of people who are...
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leon panetta is spented to make that announcement and the pentagon has reportedly been going over which benefits they could extend without violating the defensive marriage act. this includes military housing. >>> vice-president joseph biden will administer the oath of office secretary of state john kerry in a swearing in. john kerry has been working at his new job since monday and he said he is making security of american diplomats around the world a prior yourty. -- priority. that comes after what happened last friday, a suicide bomber outside the u.s. embassy in turkey. >>> they are considering a crackdown on certain landlords. supervisors say it would require soft structured buildings to make them seismically safe. there are at least 3,000 structures like those throughout the city. the program will require soft structures to be retrofitted by 20/20 and if not landlords face heavy fines. the city could post a sign saying they violate earthquake safety codes. >>> even though they lost big, his team is no push over. in fact he told his players to intentionally -- >> that is a foul. >>>
leon panetta is spented to make that announcement and the pentagon has reportedly been going over which benefits they could extend without violating the defensive marriage act. this includes military housing. >>> vice-president joseph biden will administer the oath of office secretary of state john kerry in a swearing in. john kerry has been working at his new job since monday and he said he is making security of american diplomats around the world a prior yourty. -- priority. that...
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>> the pentagon has its job to do. i think it came up at a press briefing where a spokesman for the bg was asked what they're doing about it. i think what they said is they're reviewing it to see if there were any problems. in fact, the special operations command which oversees special operations including s.e.a.l. team six has already said they don't really see much of a problem in there in term of classified information. and keep in mind, alex, there have been movies, there have been books, there have been other articles, there have been documentaries all about the raid. there's very little. it's passed into kind of american folklore at this point. there's really very little that's new. what's new in the esquire story was essentially this guy's perspective. >> was he saying to you when you were doing the interview, did he say look, i can't talk about this because it's classified? was he aware of that? did he make that clear to you? >> yeah. i mean it was an evolution. an evolution that took place over about a year an
>> the pentagon has its job to do. i think it came up at a press briefing where a spokesman for the bg was asked what they're doing about it. i think what they said is they're reviewing it to see if there were any problems. in fact, the special operations command which oversees special operations including s.e.a.l. team six has already said they don't really see much of a problem in there in term of classified information. and keep in mind, alex, there have been movies, there have been...
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would you rather have them take some hits at the pentagon and federal programs you can blame the republicans for or would you rather go out and sign onto a cut in medicare that hurts every one of your people, ticks off most of your party? makes you look like you have given the store away. if you're barack obama politician, maybe you're thinking maybe i can dig the sequester after all and this is the problem. everyone says they hate sequestration, everybody would rather have it than have to do something they really, really don't want to do. i'm joined by the nation's john nichols and michael shearer with "time." the reason we're probably going to have sequestration, we're probably going to have all kinds of problems is because it's better than having to do what you don't want to do. republicans don't want to raise taxes. democrats don't want to touch the entitlements. >> i agree with that but i think it's better in short term. the republicans and the white house have cal vat clated and only one will be right if they let this happen they will be in a stronger position in two weeks going into a
would you rather have them take some hits at the pentagon and federal programs you can blame the republicans for or would you rather go out and sign onto a cut in medicare that hurts every one of your people, ticks off most of your party? makes you look like you have given the store away. if you're barack obama politician, maybe you're thinking maybe i can dig the sequester after all and this is the problem. everyone says they hate sequestration, everybody would rather have it than have to do...
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they are going to want tours of the pentagon. chuck hagel is going to have a list of people who stabbed him in the back. right? >> right. they stabbed him in the front, i think. >> you are right. >> no screatus here yeah. thighs guys will -- i think that he probably sitting at how many today and over the president's day recess will be relishing the opportunity in the future should he have it to get these guys crawling back to him begging for help if there are base closures, contracts being handed out, and they will need to work with him in the future. and that's actually like a real problem for some members of congress in their future relationship with chuck hagel. buck mcian, connell out straight against chuck hagel and say, i don't like this. the president should choose another nominee. how are they going to work together in the future in he's already made his opposition so clear? >> bill: one other way that seems to me this could backfire. i love your take on this. some day, even i have to admit as a yellow-dog democrat. some
they are going to want tours of the pentagon. chuck hagel is going to have a list of people who stabbed him in the back. right? >> right. they stabbed him in the front, i think. >> you are right. >> no screatus here yeah. thighs guys will -- i think that he probably sitting at how many today and over the president's day recess will be relishing the opportunity in the future should he have it to get these guys crawling back to him begging for help if there are base closures,...
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the center of gravity will be with the war machine, will be with the war planners, will be with the pentagon. it is only when the nation views itself as being at peace that diplomacy can take some kind of equal footing. until we get to place where we do something as dramatic as repealing or refusing to reauthorize, the authorization of the use of military force and we end our hot wars, when we have a transparent discussion about what our activities are in terms of drones and targeted killing, only at the point the nation decides to call itself at peace can diplomacy actually ascend to some kind of parity. unless and until we reach that moment, it is impossible, politically and institutionally to get there. >> at some point i want to talk about when they announce in the spring that the u.s. is going to transition to no longer being in the lead role in afghanistan when they make that announcement this spring. i want to talk to you about whether or not it's significant if they're going to rename the operation in afghanistan, whether operation enduring freedom. >> that's really interesting. >> t
the center of gravity will be with the war machine, will be with the war planners, will be with the pentagon. it is only when the nation views itself as being at peace that diplomacy can take some kind of equal footing. until we get to place where we do something as dramatic as repealing or refusing to reauthorize, the authorization of the use of military force and we end our hot wars, when we have a transparent discussion about what our activities are in terms of drones and targeted killing,...
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>> apparently, the agencies, primarily the pentagon and the c.i.a. nominate people to be on the list. and it goes through what the white house promises is a very rigorous process of review to determine if those people should or should not be on the list. we don't know exactly what the standard is. but it involves a number of criteria, including whether the host country, the country in which this person, particular person is cooperative or not vis-À-vis capturing the person. in any event, they have a standard. names are nominated. it goes through an interagency process. and finally it makes it to the president. and he makes the final decision who is or is not on the list. does that sound like what you understand? >> i think that's certainly what the government has said happens. and, of course, this is the problem is that the only thing that we ever know about the counterintelligence stuff over the last 10 or 11 years has been, you know, what the government has been forced to say, what journalists have been able to find out, or what human rights organ
>> apparently, the agencies, primarily the pentagon and the c.i.a. nominate people to be on the list. and it goes through what the white house promises is a very rigorous process of review to determine if those people should or should not be on the list. we don't know exactly what the standard is. but it involves a number of criteria, including whether the host country, the country in which this person, particular person is cooperative or not vis-À-vis capturing the person. in any event,...
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jon: jennifer griffin reporting live from the pentagon. it's going to be an interesting week. jennifer, thank you. jenna: and consider that when we tell you this. just breaking now, news that iran is ratcheting up its nuclear program just before major talks are about to take place. the u.n. watchdog group, the iaea, reporting just moments ago that iran is installing advanced centrifuges at its main enrichment plant only days before world powers are resuming these long-awaited talks with iran. joining us now by phone, mark garrett who now works for the defense for -- the foundation fr the defense of democracy. what does this news mean? >> the iranians have been telling us for a bit now that they, in fact, had perfected these advance centrifuges, and they are now going to show us. and they intend to demonstrate, i think convincingly, that they can up the ante, that they can produce more enriched uranium more rapidly and thereby, essentially i think, shut down the notion that they're going to give up their uranium enrichment. jenna: so the technology here would allow them to real
jon: jennifer griffin reporting live from the pentagon. it's going to be an interesting week. jennifer, thank you. jenna: and consider that when we tell you this. just breaking now, news that iran is ratcheting up its nuclear program just before major talks are about to take place. the u.n. watchdog group, the iaea, reporting just moments ago that iran is installing advanced centrifuges at its main enrichment plant only days before world powers are resuming these long-awaited talks with iran....
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not a lot of republicans would agree with that because the sequester would hurt the pentagon. that's why they're talking about the d.c. area. >> can you raise my hand and say i'm one republican that would agree with that? we've got to cut defense spending. >> we have to. >> we've got to, and we've got to cut spending. >> willy-nilly, though. so the sequester is willy-nilly, isn't it? you wouldn't want to cut having the sequester do it? >> didn't congress make the sequester? >> that was a carrot and stick situation. the sequester is the stick. >> the problem is you can't get the president of the united states to put alternative cuts on the board. he'll talk in generalities. and the republicans and the democrats don't trust each other. so yes, i don't like the ad hoc approach, but given the choice between an ad hoc approach and no approach at all with trillion-dollar deficits every year, i choose cuts. but let's talk about this. how badly do you think it will hurt the economy? you think "the wall street journal's" underselling it? >> i do think they're underselling it. first, ha
not a lot of republicans would agree with that because the sequester would hurt the pentagon. that's why they're talking about the d.c. area. >> can you raise my hand and say i'm one republican that would agree with that? we've got to cut defense spending. >> we have to. >> we've got to, and we've got to cut spending. >> willy-nilly, though. so the sequester is willy-nilly, isn't it? you wouldn't want to cut having the sequester do it? >> didn't congress make the...
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pentagon, -- although h pagers away and youaken all note laid off as soldie the pentagon just onlnly beit would increasing pay b% for all is low.whh >> inhe shohort term you can do but deferred aining, so out on do not go maneuvers. the not have a big effect. replaci things th break or wear out. gon for six it year, it really startss to bite. say we will see theffects in terms of of government sectors. n> i tend to agrewith peter this, and yet, you hear others say, if you decrease flying hours,ou would have an impact on readiness. you think they could ke thisit andtill be a military reready y to roll? >> these sps are taken in anticipation tt sequestration willll happen. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said yesterday that we sequestraonit, if not hapn. oes happ, very to ro that back. they will have difficulties with training, that sort of thihing. >> i want to talk about domestic programs. we he not been h hearing about nowdomestic programs, and why, thanks to your reporng. up all over the world. you reported there wasas a gag order on all domestic agencies andepartments. t
pentagon, -- although h pagers away and youaken all note laid off as soldie the pentagon just onlnly beit would increasing pay b% for all is low.whh >> inhe shohort term you can do but deferred aining, so out on do not go maneuvers. the not have a big effect. replaci things th break or wear out. gon for six it year, it really startss to bite. say we will see theffects in terms of of government sectors. n> i tend to agrewith peter this, and yet, you hear others say, if you decrease...
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for example, the pentagon is hit the most, half the cuts are at the pentagon, what do you think it will take for people to say finally let's get together, figure out a way to not let this happen? >> the cuts to the military of course are the most severe and that will i think require the layoffs of hundreds of thousands of civilian employees, not to mention military operations and maintenance. but also, these cuts will affect every agency, every operation of the government except social security, medicare, medicaid, and food stamps. those are exempt. but every other agency and program will receive some sort of cut, probably 5%, around that. but since we're well in the fiscal year, the balance of the year, these few months will have a greater impact than a few percent of the year since we're talking about several months. the cuts are more severe than they first appear. >> the way this thing is designed, every account equally, right down to the -- you call them program levels or whatever -- but not every account says yeah, as an agency is important. if i were the agriculture secretary, i m
for example, the pentagon is hit the most, half the cuts are at the pentagon, what do you think it will take for people to say finally let's get together, figure out a way to not let this happen? >> the cuts to the military of course are the most severe and that will i think require the layoffs of hundreds of thousands of civilian employees, not to mention military operations and maintenance. but also, these cuts will affect every agency, every operation of the government except social...